Christina Arokiasamy

Chef, Author, The Malaysian Kitchen | Kent, WA

Christina Arokiasamy (Aro-keeya-samee), born and raised in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is renowned for sharing diversity in cuisine in the United States with her unique culinary skills as a spice expert and award-winning cookbook author. She was Malaysia’s first-ever official Food Ambassador to the United States and brings with her over 25 years of world class culinary expertise as a former chef of various Four Seasons Resorts throughout Southeast Asia. In and after 2015, in collaboration with The Cooking Channel, Chef Arokiasamy hosted The Malaysian Kitchen to showcase the exotic blend of flavors born of the spice trade and rich in tradition. Her efforts help place Malaysian cuisine as one of the top 3 flavor trends in America by The National Restaurant Association. Her expert knowledge in spices appeared in Oprah.com, Huffington Post, CBS, NBC News, WebMD, and other media. Christina's cookbook The Malaysian Kitchen: 150 Recipes for Simple Home Cooking, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt New York in 2017, was featured in People Magazine, The Seattle Times, The Publisher’s Weekly, and made headlines in seven Canadian newspapers. The Malaysian Kitchen was awarded one of the Top 10 Cookbooks of 2017 on Amazon. Her first cookbook, The Spice Merchant’s Daughter, published by Clarkson Potter New York, was listed as one of the top ten cookbooks in the USA by NPR in 2008.  She lives in the Pacific Northwest and manages The Tudor House Gourmet Cooking School, offering Americans a culinary experience of Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Bali. @mkpusa